Vending-machine.



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No. 702,2l8.

J. 0. DE JANISCH. VENDING MACHINE.

(Application filed Apr. 26, 1900.)

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VENDING MACHINE.

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VENDENG MACHINE.

SPECIFIGATIGN forming part of Letters Patent No. 702,218, dated June 10, 1902.

' Application filed April 26, 1900. Serial R'o. 14,406. (No model.)

To (tZZ whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, JOSEPH CHARLES DE JANIscH, a citizen of the French Republic,

and a resident of Paris, France, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Vending-Machines, of whichthe-following is a specification.

My invention relates to machines for automatically supplying the public with postagestamps, post-cards, letter-cards, or other similar articles of a predetermined value.

I shall hereinafter byway of illustration.

' stamp-delivery machine constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the same, partly in section through the axis of the drum. Fig. 3' is a partial section of the drum at right angles to its axis. Fig. 4 represents a sectionand a plan of a slide adapted to move upon' the drum. Fig.5 is a longitudinal'se'ction of an air-pump. I

In the arrangement shown in Figs. Land 2 the compartments intended to'receive the postage-stamps are formed byaband 1,wound;

helioally upon the surface of the drulna, and

by transverse partitions b, which are arrangedin radial planes.

A groove2, provided in the peripheryof the band 1, fitsa series of projections3, which are formedupon a slide 4, traveling in" the frame 0 of the machineand controlled by the spiral band or rib 1 after. the. mannerof a rack.

The slide 4, .Fig. 4, is provided man a... erture 5, corresponding in size to one compartment of the drum (1 and affording a passage for the stamps. Friction-rollers 6 may be provided under the slide 4 to aid its motion. On each side of theslide there are arranged, stationary cylinder-segments7, engaging the lower half' of'the drum a, so as to prevent the stamps from dropping out of the compartments except through theaperture 5.

The ends of the drum a consist of disks (1,

one of which is fitted witha set of teeth e, ar- 5 5 ranged in a circle and equal in number to the partitions b. These disks are adapted to turn upon or with journals or trunnions 8 and 10, supported by brackets f, the trunnion 8 turning with the drunnwhile the journal 10 is stationary. t

' To one of thebrackets f is' pivoted a lever g,,whereof the pivot 11 carries two arms, terminating in pawls 12 and 13, and also carries an adjustable counterweight. h. The said pawls or pallets 12 and 13 are constructed similarly to those of the well-known anchorescapemen-t and are adapted to operate in such a manner thatat each full, oscillation of the lever g "the drum ,a may turn the space of 7c onetooth. I

A weight 14, used as a drivingmedi um, is suspended from a,cord l5,-passing through sheave-blocks 'lfi 'and' windings pon a barrel 17, which will impartmotionto thejournal 8 when turned in the direction indicated by the arrow-in Fig.1. The journal8 is connected with the barrel 17 by meansof ratchet gearing 18, so that the said barrel may be turned in the direction opposite to that of the Be arrow in order to-raise the, weight-lat without turning-the drumuwhichis connected to turnwithth '8 I To admitofithe eng, readilyva'ried, suchllev in two'sliding partscapable ofbeing secured to eachothe'r by meansofirin'gs 19, fittedwith set-screws. t

. Thefront end of the leverg, has attached to'it a coin-receiving pocket orscoo'p j,"which 0 may consist of either a single chamber or two or inorecompartinents, accordiugas-the value of each" stamp is represented by one or a number of coins, the coins dropping into the scoop j being then conveyed through the 5 channel or chute 70 into the drawer 20. The insertion of the coins into the scoop orpocket [is efiected through a coin sorting or testing device secured to the outer casing m of the machine, the drawings showings. form of test- 100 ing device which is to be adopted when each stamp purchased is to be paid 'forwith-one ants, being y be constructed ten-centimes coin and one five-centimes coin. This arrangement comprises for each class of coins a fiat slideway 11,, supported by trunnions 21, which are situated at or near the .5 center of itsv narrow sides, so that it may swing about the horizontal axis common to both the said trunnions. This slideway is so weighted that it has a tendency to take up avertical position, which it is prevented from doing, however, by a stop 0, which keeps itinclined while at rest, in which position the "side aperture22 of the said slideway n is in front ofthe coin-inserting apertu re 10, formed 'in one of the frames or cheeks 23,supporting l the coin testing device. Vithin -the side aperture of the said slideway n is an inclined projection 24, so that a coin inserted through the said aperture will roll down such incline 2-Land may im pinge upon-the opposite wall of 29. the slide'way Should the coin inserted be too small, it will drop into the clear space left between the slanting projection 24 and the walls of the slideway and will in that case leave the machine through the chutes q and 1'. t (See Fig. '1.) If, however, the coin has the proper diameter,-it will'be stopped by the incline 24 and by its'weight will exert pressure upon the slideway 72 above its fulcrum. Hence theslideway will be swung around, and whenit has been moved past the horizontal position it will cause the coin to slide intoachute 25 and thence into the receptacle or pocketj. Coins exceeding the standard diameter or thickness cannot be inserted through the aperture p.

To prevent a piece of iron of standard dimensions from reaching the pocket j and setting the mechanism in operation, the slideway '22, or any convenient part ofthe chute 25, maybe constructed ofsteel or any other mag- .netizable metal and strongly magnetized.

As the lever gci s tilted by the weight of the coinkor coins dropping into the pocketj, the

drum'a islreleased by one of the pallets 12 of the escapementand allowed to turn one di- "vision under the action of the motor-weight lt'until a tooth e meets the other pallet 13.

' When thelever gthereupon rises, after having dropped the coins into the chute'kfthe drum aeis released by the pallet 13 and once more engages with the pallet 12; As a result-- of this turning movement the next compart- 1 ment comes to take up its position above the for manual operation. interposed between the piston and one of the 5 5 aperture 5 of the drawer 4 and a stamp drops into thedelivery-channel r, whence-it can be I takenby the purchaser.

Figs. 2 and 3 show one form of construction of the drum a and the arrangement of the holes 31, drilled at the bottom ofeaoh stamp-compartment. JThe journallO is stationary and provided with a perforation or channel connecting a stationary case 32, situated within the drum a, with a flexible tube 33, connected with an air-pump 34. a The case 32 is closed on all sides except at the lower part, which is fitted with two india-rubber flaps 35, capable of being applied against the wall of the drum a by the airepressu re prevailing within the said case, a space being left between the perforations 31 of the row of compartments situated at the lower part of the drum. The rod of the piston 36 of the pump 34 is provided with a knob or handle 37, projecting outside the case m and adapted A coiled spring 38,

slide, a rotary comparted drum adapted tohold the articles to be vended and provided with a spiral" rib engaging the slide to move the same, the articles being adapted to drop into said slide successively from the several compartments of the drum, and means for j-imparting a partial rotation tothe drum.

2. A vending-machine, comprising a drum mounted to rotate and comparted to hold the articles to bevended, the drum being apertured peripherally for the discharge of said articles, means for turning the drum, a sta tionary air-casing located within the drum and in engagement therewith, and an airforcing device connected with said casing to blow the articles out of the drum. In testimony that I claim the foregoing as.

my invention I have signed my name in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOSEPH'CHARLES DE JANISCH.

Witnesses:

CAMILLE BLn'rRY, EUGENE WATTIER. 

